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Achuta Kadambi

Computational Imaging Spatial Intelligence AI For Robotics Computer Vision
University of California, Los Angeles Samueli Computer Science

About

Achuta Kadambi (PhD, MIT ‘18) is a tenured Associate Professor at UCLA in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He leads an AI research group that focuses on computer vision and spatial intelligence. He has co-founded two California companies: Akasha Imaging (acquired in 2022, now with Alphabet) and Vayu Robotics (acquired in 2025, now with Nasdaq: SERV). He is the recipient of early career awards including from NSF (CAREER), DARPA (YFA), ARO (YIP), IEEE (HKN under 35 award), and Forbes (30 under 30). He is an inventor on 40+ issued US patents and has recently co-authored a textbook on computational imaging, published by the MIT Press.

Research Performance Summary

143
Total Papers
5052
Total Citations
34
H-Index
2003-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Filter for removing bacteria and particulates from fluid stream

Year: 2003

Citations: 13

Venue: US Patent App. 10/190

Latest Recorded Paper

WorldBench: Disambiguating Physics for Diagnostic Evaluation of World Models

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.21282

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
2
2025
14
2024
25
2023
22
2022
15
2021
6
2020
8
2019
12
2018
7
2017
4
2016
6

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 31
Journal 8
Book 3

Top Coauthors

Kadambi Raskar

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 16
Citations 58
Avg. Citations / Paper 3.6
H-Index 6

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 76
Citations 2269
Avg. Citations / Paper 29.9
H-Index 22

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 37
Citations 1400
Avg. Citations / Paper 37.8
H-Index 19

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 13
Citations 1312
Avg. Citations / Paper 100.9
H-Index 8

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 1
Citations 13
Avg. Citations / Paper 13
H-Index 1

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

achuta@ee.ucla.edu
3102060853

Detected Research Keywords

Time Flight Imaging Transparent Object Segmentation Pose Detection Measurement Active Printed Materials Printed Materials Complex Materials Complex Evolving Complex Evolving Deformations 3d Gaussian Splatting Coded Time Flight Imaging Time Flight